1. United States
2. Pa.
3. Letter

I write today as your constituent and as an Episcopalian Christian to ask that you work with your Congressional colleagues and the White House to demand that Israel release Abdalkareem Issa Ahmed Safi. Safi is a 19-year-old American citizen with roots in Texas who has been held hostage in an Israeli prison known for torture for almost four months without facing any criminal charges. According to a report published by Zeteo (https://zeteo.com/p/israel-has-kidnapped-another-american), then-18-year-old Safi was kidnapped from his family home in the occupied West Bank in June 2026 by the Israeli military and is currently being held under “secret evidence” as part of Israel’s administrative detention policies. I wholeheartedly agree with Nihad Awad, the National Executive Director of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), who said, “It should be unacceptable to the White House and Congress for the Israeli government to continue kidnapping Americans and disappearing them into prisons known for torture, all without any criminal charges or other due process.The Trump administration has a legal and moral obligation to protect American citizens overseas, especially from rogue governments funded by American taxpayer dollars” I urge you to work with other members of Congress to exercise your oversight authority and to demand that the State Department secure Abdalkareem’s swift and safe release.